Abandonware action-adventure games sorted by release date

Action adventure games combine features from both action and adventure games. The name itself is quite generic, as it includes a large number of different games. Normally, action adventures require quickness and dexterity when it's about the action, and careful thinking for the adventure part.

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Seymour Goes to Hollywood

DOS19933.8/5 The Big Red Software Company
Veil of Darkness

DOS1993protected3.9/5 Event Horizon
Alone in the Dark 3

DOS1994protected4.1/5 Infogrames
Ecstatica

DOS19944.2/5 Andrew Spencer Studios
Fantastic Dizzy

DOS19944.1/5 Codemasters
In Search of Dr. Riptide

DOS19943.7/5 MindStorm Software
Inca 2: Wiracocha

DOS19944.2/5 Coktel Vision
L'Eternauta: Gli Invasori della Città Eterna

DOS19942.9/5 Holodream Software
Little Big Adventure

DOS1994protected4.2/5 Adeline Software International
Mandrake: L'Ombra del Cobra

DOS19943.1/5 Holodream Software
System Shock

DOS1994protected4/5 Looking Glass Studios
Fade to Black

DOS19954.2/5 Delphine software
Framed

DOS19954/5 Machination
Indenture

DOS1995remake4/5
Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures

Windows 3.xMac19964.1/5 LucasArts
Tomb Raider

DOS1996protected4.1/5 Core Design
Grand Theft Auto

DOSWindows XP/98/9519974.1/5 DMA Design

In Grand Theft Auto the player takes the role of a criminal who can freely roam around the city (Liberty City) completing tasks for the local mobs: stealing cars, killing pedestrians, all of it while avoiding the police and the army. The freedom of gameplay and the "I'm the bad guy" appeal of the game made the Grand Theft Auto series very popular.
Little Big Adventure 2 (Twinsen's Odyssey)

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected3.9/5 Adeline Software International
Realms of the Haunting

DOS1997protected3.8/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
Star Wars: Yoda Stories

Windows XP/98/9519974.2/5 LucasArts
Tomb Raider II

Windows XP/98/95Mac1997protected4.3/5 Core Design
Thief: The Dark Project

Windows XP/98/951998protected4.2/5 Looking Glass Studios
Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft

Windows XP/98/95Mac1998protected4.1/5 Core Design
Grand Theft Auto 2

Windows XP/98/9519994.2/5 DMA Design

Grand Theft Auto 2 is the second chapter in the successful Grand Theft Auto series. GTA 2 is an abandoned top-down action-adventure / driving hybrid game developed by DMA Design and released by Rockstar Games in 1999 for Windows. In GTA 2 you are a wannabe criminal roaming the streets of a fictional city, stealing and driving vehicles while escapin...
Omikron: The Nomad Soul

Windows XP/98/951999protected4.1/5 Quantic Dream
Outcast

Windows XP/98/951999protected4.3/5 Appeal
System Shock 2

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac1999protected4.2/5 Irrational Games

System Shock 2 is a Windows science fiction cyberpunk game developed by Irrational Games, designed by Ken Levine and published by Electronic Arts in 1999. System Shock 2 is a blend of more than one genre: RPG, action-adventure, shooter, stealth game.
Creatures Village

Windows XP/98/95Mac2001protected3.8/5 Creature Labs
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Windows XP/98/9520014/5 KnowWonder
Spider-Man 2: The Game

Windows XP/98/95Mac20044.3/5